Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America information
Defunct Christian denomination in the United States
For the national Lutheran church of Finland, see Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
Old Main at the FELC's Suomi College in Hancock, Michigan
Classification
Protestant
Orientation
Lutheran
Region
Michigan and other states
Headquarters
Calumet, Michigan
Origin
March 25, 1890 Calumet, Michigan
Branched from
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Merged into
Lutheran Church in America (1962)
Congregations
153 (1961)
Members
36,274 (1961)
Ministers
105 (1961)
Tertiary institutions
Suomi College and Theological Seminary
Other name(s)
Suomi Synod
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (commonly known as the Suomi Synod, Finnish: Amerikan suomalainen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko) was a Lutheran church body which existed in the United States from 1890 until 1962.[1]
^Marianne Wargelin. "Finnish Americans". Advameg, Inc. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
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